Ecologists, conservation biologists, and wildlife managers often accept that the invasion of exotic species leads to the extinction of native species. One reason for their consensus is that native species declines often occur simultaneously and in the same place as exotic invasions. However, the data supporting invasion as a leading cause of extinction is often […]

Feminist scholars have recently argued that both ballet and modern dance inscribe restrictive definitions of gender on the body. Is formal dance irredeemable as a mode of feminist expression? The Canadian dance troupe Lalala Human Steps, under the direction of famed choreographer Edouard Lock, challenges the normative gender types of traditional Western dance. Dancer and […]

A growing number of citizens demonstrate in favour of the adoption of laws and international conventions that promise to protect the environment. The demonstrations triggered by the Kyoto protocol are an example. However, despite all these genuine efforts, our planet’s recent “checkup” still causes alarm. The environment continues to deteriorate despite the norms implemented both […]

Mainstream macroeconomic theories tend to leave out environmental issues in their basic calculations. Despite increasing awareness of alternative macroeconomic models among academics, students today continue to be exposed to conventional theories that treat the environmental consequences of economic activity as ‘externalities’. Green National Accounting attempts to include environmental protection as a value in its alternate, […]

While elites in Germany bemoan young peoples’ lack of knowledge of the history of East German Communism and occasionally reveal the limitations of their own understanding, they neglect to preserve the landmarks that ground the historical knowledge of this period in the urban landscape. Effacing collective memory may be the intention. Indeed, the recent demolition […]

Over three hundred students, professors, and members of the general public packed into a former Catholic chapel at the University of Windsor last month to hear historian and novelist Tariq Ali lambaste the imperial wrong-headedness of American policies in the Middle East and around the world. Mr. Ali delivered his message in a voice whose […]